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Great!
I love it! It is so cool! The other bozos, however, don't. They miss bombs and 2 weapons. The bombs were cheezy. Kill everything on screen with one button. The 2 weapons was cheating. Put a spreader on one side and switch before you die and tell me that isn't cheating. I don't see bombs or 2 weapons on Shattered Soldier (also great). Then again, Shattered Soldier gives you 3 weapons, which charge. And you can't lose them. I'll save the rest for a SS review.
There are supposedly new levels, but I can't tell. I never played the original.
They say this game is luck. Luck is nothing.
TELL ME I'M LUCKY WHEN I GET TO FRICKEN' LEVEL 4 WITHOUT DYING ONCE! (I'm good, not great)
Passwords suck. I prefer to play straight through in one sit.
I hope they port Contra. And Castlevania 2...

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It's cool, but not also
The GBA is nothing but a repository for bad ports of SNES titles that weren't all that good in the first place.
According to some people, anyway. Such close-minded folk will simply have to miss out on this lovely Contra remix, a combination of two of the 16-bit era's best shooters.
The Alien Wars (SNES) and Hard Corps (Genesis) with some extra stuff thrown in for good measure. (The only major omissions: The SNES game's overhead levels are gone, and you can't carry multiple weapons at once.) If you've never played them before, consider this game a handy pocket reference to an age that unfortunately passed long ago. As you'd expect from Konami's 16-bit years, The Alien Wars EX features stupendously well-animated characters and a boopy-yet-catchy soundtrack. The control's spot-on, too, which is helpful 'cuz the smaller screen size means you have a much tinier margin of error during most boss battles. Of course, this being Contra, the game's mind-numbingly challenging a fact that limited continues and an annoying 18-letter password system don't change much. Despite (or perhaps because of) this, this is one hot 'n spicy GBA remake that's actually worth the money for a change.

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Not How I Remember It...
I was so elated to find out Konami was releasing a new version of the SNES classic Contra 3 for the Gameboy Advance. To my disappointment, I didn't find myself having as much fun with this version as I did several years ago on my old 16 bit machine. My biggest gripe is that the game walks the fine line between excessively challenging and unenjoyably frustrating. What were the developers thinking? You can no longer toggle between weapons; rather whatever you pick up is what you shoot with. This wouldn't be a major issue if certain weapons weren't useless in certain situations. There are also no more bombs so you better pray you have quick reflexes to get you out of those super tight spots. Aside from the difficulty issue, the only other major flaw is the archaic password/save feature which is totally inconvinient for a portable game. Everything else is actually O.K. The game looks just like the old SNES version and has aged quite gracefully making for a really nice looking portable game. Controls are tight and alleviate some of the stress from the frantic learning curve. If your looking for an insanely hard shooting game (and I mean INSANELY HARD) for those long car rides, by all means Contra Advance is a perfect choice. For those looking for a game that is a little more enjoyable and rewards skill rather than luck, you should go somewhere else; and for the old Contra fans, pick it up used for some old thrills, then pull out your SNES and really put some time into the old game.